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Pereira and Viñas send Toluca into Leagues Cup final with 2-0 win

From Proceso Digital · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire From a news agency Outcome reported
  • Toluca defeated León 2-0 in the Leagues Cup semifinal at Houston’s Shell Energy Stadium.
  • Federico Pereira opened the scoring in the 41st minute, and Federico Viñas doubled the lead in the 69th.
  • Toluca will face the winner of the América-Monterrey semifinal in Sunday’s final; both teams finished with 10 players after late red cards.

Federico Pereira and Federico Viñas put Toluca into the 2026 Leagues Cup final, scoring in a 2-0 victory over León in an all-Mexican semifinal in Houston.

León carried the sharper attacking threat early through Colombians Daniel Arcila and Diber Cambindo, while Brazilian Helinho created Toluca’s most danger. The breakthrough came in the 41st minute after goalkeeper Óscar García pushed a corner toward the center. Pereira reached the loose ball and drove his shot inside the post.

León pushed forward after halftime but could not find enough depth in attack. Toluca punished the gap on the counter in the 69th minute. Viñas started the move, exchanged passes with Roberto Díaz Price inside the area and finished past García for the second goal.

The semifinal ended with both sides reduced to 10 players. León defender Jhohan Romaña was sent off in the 75th minute, while Toluca’s Bruno Méndez received a red card in the 89th.

Toluca will play the final next Sunday against the winner of the other semifinal between América and Monterrey.

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Originally published by Proceso Digital in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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